Oh, Jim! They're lovely!!
Rich
On Apr 3, 2014, at 1:37, Jim Watts paradigmat...@gmail.com wrote:
Now on to 12V roller curlers...this is getting a little esoteric.
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Travel-Hair-Curlers-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/3FcAAOxyf1dTKBlt/$_35.JPG
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
CC
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the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,for they may act their
dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
T. E. Lawrence
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So, I have an extra main sail that came with the sail of my boat. I
took it into the yard last night and messured it.
Foot = 11'4
Luff= 32'
Leach=34'
Is this the correct sail?
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(I changed the subject line, as it did not make much sense.)
How about using a bungee cord for attaching the pre-feeder. This is what I have
on this boat and what I had on the previous one. This works like a charm: when
you use it, it works like it was attached using a piece of cord, but when
Ron,
No, it was from Stockton Lake and it is called Legato
(a quiet confession: it is not a CC; I hope I won’t be banned from this list
for admitting this)
Marek
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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 11:28:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ronald B. Frerker rbfrer...@yahoo.com
John
First of all, the guys who really know how to make the boat go fast may not
wish to share their specific tuning secrets on line, and secondly the tune
is a bit boat specific and owner specific as well, it is a lot about what
you like on your boat. Ill give you some idea of how I
All,
Thanks for the tips! I'm not going to attach it to the foil. I'll need to
check the luff tapes, especially on the cruising jib. I have a feeling
that it needs to be cut. I found a roller type feeder on board, so I'll
try it first.
Dennis is right about flaking the jib properly. The pre
Just my 2cents.
I have a Furlex 200 furler on my smaller boat and it has a bungee that is
fed into one of the luff slots below where the sail enters the torque
tube. The install manual has you secure the bungee (can't remember how)
and then pull the bungee as tight as you can. Then while it is
Tuff luff comes with a prefeeder and it attaches to forestay approx. 8
inches below where bolt rope enters the track
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Muckley
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 11:07 AM
To: CC List
Subject: Re: Stus-List Pre-feeder for jib
Here's the cure for 5ft itis :http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=4627a8984ac8sam :-)CC 26 LiquoriceGhost Lake Alberta
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I've been following sv Delos' blog from time to time and to be perfectly
honest, I'm a bit jealous..
Here's my question: How can a handful of 20 year olds afford buying,
outfitting and maintaining a high -end 53 foot Amel Super Maramu. An to
top it off, finance a world circumnavigation?
If
"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun!"Noël CowardAll men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dustyrecesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, butthe dreamers of the day are dangerous men,for they may act theirdreams with open eyes, to make it
Seems this topic raises some divergent opinions.
I'm pretty sure my CS 30 is just original gel coat - so I was
planning on starting some type of hull upkeep.
The polyglow positives sound really sweet - fast and easy is all
good to me! Boat will be
Mark, if the hull has a good shine to it right now, then just clean/wax it. For
those of us who had a fair amount of oxidation and were not ready to fork out a
bunch of money for Awl-Grip or whatever, Poli-Glow is a good alternative. I
waxed and/or compounded Penniless for a few years but when
If you read their blog more carefully you'll find the entry where he
explains it. He being the older brother who I'm sure masterminded the
whole thing. He sold his house to buy the boat and has a boat mortgage.
They all continue to work and everyone pays for gas and food. He goes back
to the US to
Money doesn't buy you happiness. But it buys you a big enough yacht to
sail right up to it. - Johnny Depp
The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the
problem. Do you understand? Captain Jack Sparrow
there is no big lie, there is no system, the universe is indifferent.
I agree. If your hull is in decent shape try to maintain it. You can read a
really good write up on shining up your hull here:
http://www.sailnet.com/forums/gear-maintenance/52772-tips-compound-polish-wax.html
That guy's been working on boats and high end cars for a long, long time. I
did what he
It’s amazing how many similarities there are between water yachting and land
yachting. Maintenance and upgrades are expensive – sails vs tires, engine
replacements, steering stabilizers vs boom vangs, 30 amp extension cords. The
list goes on and on.
Many of the newer motorhomes actually have
the Hin is ZCC30675M81E
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Tim Goodyear timg...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Curtis,
You may know all the below, in which case, please ignore and get to the
#'s table:
There are some standard rig dimensions that sail makers (and handicappers)
use. For mainsails,
The general similarity between acrylic floor finishes and Poly-Glow has
been noted and discussed many times. Unfortunately they differ in two
rather critical areas.
The first is that floor finish is formulated to sit on top of a
horizontal floor, while Poly-Glow is designed to penetrate the
While I don't disagree with this guy's process, I do question his use of
more abrasive products in the first steps. Rubbing compound in the hands
of someone who isn't experienced can remove to much material and expose the
underlying structure.
I use AquaBuff 2000 and find it works just fine. I
I think Poli-Glow is the same stuff as Zep - we used Zep remover to take a
little part of ours off.
It's just acrylic.
Gary
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From: Stu
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:54 PM
Subject: Stus-List Alternative to Poli Glow
It’s amazing
I saw the bit about the Software company, I would think that if he was so
successful you'd see more about the business and how great he was (Is? ) at
running it in his bio . He was also running his business in pretty lean
years from an IT business standpoint unless he started in his early 20's
Digging up this old thread.
My question about the boot stripes is about prep. My stripes are the
original (gelcoat?) and badly faded/oxidized. I have three stripes, blue,
blue and red. The red is actually vinyl tape and I've ordered one of those
3m stripe off wheels for that. The two blues are
Oven cleaner
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Stevan Plavsa stevanpla...@gmail.comwrote:
Digging up this old thread.
My question about the boot stripes is about prep. My stripes are the
original (gelcoat?) and badly faded/oxidized. I have three stripes, blue,
blue and red. The red is
The guy who painted my boat told me to use Comet or Barkeeper's Friend and
a DA polisher followed by automotive degreaser.
You might also consider using a good primer after the prep steps.
Although my boot stripe was professionally painted, I like vinyl tape.
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Which means it is hull number 675, built in 1981 and falls into the 507+ group.
Me too.
Gary
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From: Curtis
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Main Sail for the CC30 MK1
the Hin is ZCC30675M81E
Stevan wrote:
snip He sold his house to buy the boat and has a boat mortgage.
...snip... Most of the cruising blogs and stuff that you can follow
online are older people. I might be dead by then! I want to go NOW.
I'm considering selling my own house to do something like that, albeit
on a
Go with Collinite cleaner wax, get it at the binnacle, one coat every year
if the gel coat is good now
that is your best bet
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Bodnar
Sent: April 3, 2014 1:15 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re:
But Dennis, I think you have a freshly painted hull I guess with some 2 part
polyurethane paint, like Awlgrip or Imron or I can't remember what you said
but I rememberr seeing some nice pictures of an older 35 MKI hull called
Touche nicely refinished. so what do you do now to keep it good and
you definitely would not want to compound every year. Once you get the finish
you want with the more aggressive polishes, it is really just a matter of
keeping it clean protected.
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From: Dr. Mark Bodnar drbod...@accesswave.ca
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Before you start painting, try wet sandind the get coat strips and then
wheeling with 3M FINESSE-IT. Brought my old dull 1985 hull back to like new
color and shine. Did the entire hull.
Doug
BULLET
CC 35 MK III
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I failed to mention in my earlier email that the hull wet sanding was done
with 1200 paper.
Doug
BULLET
CC 35 MK III
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Allardyce
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 3:40 PM
To:
Hey folks,
I'm interested I hearing your thoughts on the video that I have in the
link. I haven't taken any measurements but I feel like I can see some
asymmetry between the rudder and the keel. The helm pulls hard to port
which requires quite a bit of pressure and a spoke of wheel to
Been there done that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd1Byw98JRc
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Doug Allardyce dalla...@ameritech.netwrote:
Before you start painting, try wet sandind the get coat strips and then
wheeling with 3M FINESSE-IT. Brought my old dull 1985 hull back to like new
Josh,
Hard to tell. Is the rudder post bent slightly to port? Is the port side
of the rudder flatter than the starboard?
BTW, nice shine. Poliglow? :)
Joel
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Josh Muckley muckl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm interested I hearing your thoughts on the
Joel,
The rudder was rebuilt last winter (2012-2013) so I'm wondering if the
shaft is tilted in the rudder. I think bent would have been noticed. I
was considering some sort of trim tab. Or maybe building up one side to
change the hydrodynamics.
Thanks for the compliment on the shine. No it's
Josh,
Did you have to fight the helm before the rebuild? If not, I'd suspect the
rudder.
Does the boat list when docked? If so, you may need to move gear around to
balance her.
Joel
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Josh Muckley muckl...@gmail.com wrote:
Joel,
The rudder was rebuilt last
Dwight,
I wasn't talking about Touché. Yes, Touché is freshly painted with Awlcraft and
I use AwlCare.
I was coming from the standpoint of a guy who sprays and polishes gelcoat to
repair boats.
Dennis C.
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On Apr 3, 2014, at 2:31 PM, dwight dwight...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the equivalent fram filter for this?
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Please don't use FRAM
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:36 PM, bev parslow bparslo...@yahoo.ca wrote:
What is the equivalent fram filter for this?
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I second the Interlux Perfection option.
As part of my extensive Renovate the finish of the entire boat from the
keel to the decks project I am re-doing the boot stripe with Perfection in
the bright red color. It looks like it's going to be super durable, it's
epoxy like when it hardens.
Finally dealing with the starboard list on Paws.
I just removed 280 lbs of very old 6v batteries from under the nav station.
Ironically, looking at the battery compartment under the aft berth (exactly on
centerline), it's clear the owner ignored the builders idea to mount 3
batteries on
Joel,
I had so little expierience with the helm prior to the rebuild...I just
can't recall how it felt. No list.
I did get a chance to take measurements to check for square. Every measure
I could think of were within +/-0.5. Vertical and horizontal.
Inconsequential differences considering the
You will be pretty hard pressed to find a better filter than the OEM. I
cut my used OEM filter apart and was pleasantly surprised. Everyone has a
different favorite filter but Puralator PureONE, Mobile1 and Amsoil are
pretty safe bets if you just can't agree to an OEM.
Josh Muckley
S/V Sea Hawk
Take whatever filter (or at least the part # and make) into any auto store -
NAPA or AutoValue or Pep Boys etc..
They will cross reference it to any make you want from a big book hidden under
the counter. (well maybe they have an app for that now!)
sam :-)
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From: bev parslow
Don't go there, dude
you wrote:
Is the rudder post bent slightly to port?
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Not to be a wise guy, but prep is determined by which paint you choose.
Instructions on the can. It will mention removing any old paint or tape first,
and sanding to create a mechanical bond. I painted mine w Interlux Brightside
Boot Stripe paint. It's easy to use, one part, easy to touch up
That boat would catch my eye walking through the yard. Very nice.
John
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On Apr 3, 2014, at 8:24 PM, Chuck S cscheaf...@comcast.net wrote:
Not to be a wise guy, but prep is determined by which paint you choose.
Instructions on the can. It will mention removing any old
Amazing video of liner 5 foot itus! thanks
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From: sam c salter sam.c.sal...@gmail.com
To: CnC cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:29:45 AM
Subject: Stus-List Makes It Look Easy!
Here's the cure for 5ft itis :
I have rebuilt the cover over the main hatch and am now ready to grind out
some cracks and redo the gel coat. I also plan to repair some gelcoat
issues on the hull. Can the list please refresh my memory on how many drops
of what color per quart of white gel coat is a good starting point for the
Rent a gelcoat color book from Fiberglast and order the best match. Will save a
lot of frustration.
Dennis C.
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On Apr 3, 2014, at 7:51 PM, John and Maryann Read johnpr...@comcast.net
wrote:
I have rebuilt the cover over the main hatch and am now ready to grind out
That's really cool.
Here's a less impressive solution to 5'itis:
http://sailinganarchy.com/classifieds/show-ad/?id=1048
Bob M
Ox 33-1
Jax, FL
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:29 AM, sam.c.sal...@gmail.com wrote:
Here's the cure for 5ft itis :
http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=4627a8984ac8
sam
How big are these drops?
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Maryann Read
Sent: April 3, 2014 9:51 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Smoke White Gel coat
I have rebuilt the cover over the main hatch and am now ready to grind
Chuck, that is one gigantic wheel for a 36 foot boat. How do you like it
for every day sailing?
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Sent: April 3, 2014 9:25 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List boot stripe
Not to be a
Love the big wheel! I'm always surprised how light it is when I take it off.
The original owner ordered the boat with the 54 wheel and raced her hard. He
converted the boat to tiller and stored the wheel and pedestal. I bought the
boat because so much was included in the deal. I delivered the
Thanks John,
That means a lot. She's a sweet ride and has taught me a great deal in 12
years.
She was originally trimmed out with gold cove and red boot tight to the
waterline, as can be seen in older pictures. The cove stripe was missing in
several places so I changed the cove to black and
Oh,no. Please use Fram. Help fund my pension check!
To be honest, I never use them myself. Lately I've been using a KN filter
on the boat.
If you have an old filter, here's a cross reference site:
http://www.oilfilter-crossreference.com/
Dennis C.
Touche' 35-1 #83
Mandeville, LA
On Thu,
I use Baldwin filters, I saw enough negative things about Fram to change my
mind. Baldwin has on-line filter selection, makes it easy.
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
CC 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 3 April 2014 19:54, Dennis C. capt...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh,no. Please use Fram. Help fund my pension
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